az update

[Larry Landgren]

Feb. 3, 2005 at 5 p.m.
The Arizona Game and Fish Commission on Feb. 3 voted to recommend the following amendments to Senate Bill 1365 relating to hunting and fishing fees.

- No more than five percent of all deer and elk tags may be priced at the premium level and no less than 95 percent of all deer and elk tags may be priced at the regular level.

Proposed Statutory Maximum
Regular Hunt Premium Hunt
Deer Res $50 $150
Nonres $325 $1200
Elk Res $150 $350
Nonres $775 $3200


- The disparity between resident and nonresident guide fees is abolished.
- The taxidermist fee cap is increased from $65 to $250

 

[JoseCuervo]

And the reasoning behind this was????

I hope all the other Western States put in similar fee structures. Resident, Non-Resident, and Arizona Resident, with the latter being 10x higher than the first.

 

[cjcj]

The reason being? People who have plenty of critters in their own state coming down here "depriving" AZ residents of hunting opportunity`s in their own state [AZ]

 

[A-con]

If I read this right, the dollar figures are still listed as "maximum", not fixed numbers as soon as this bill is passed.